CHANTILLY, VA – Integrity Applications Incorporated (IAI) Principal Software Engineer Kimberly Smith has been selected as a finalist in the 17th annual Women In Technology (WIT) Leadership Awards. Ms. Smith was recognized as a finalist in the Technical Leadership category which honors women who have provided great leadership and exemplary technical abilities in a technology role.

The Technical Leadership Award category focuses on candidates who have accelerated and advanced their careers beyond typical performance expectations, met difficult technical requirements and who have earned the respect of acknowledged technical expects. Since joining IAI in 2008, Ms. Smith has made a name for herself as an award winning software engineer, data scientist and program manager. She is a member of IAI’s Advanced Software Group and provides technical guidance, mentoring and leadership across the IAI software engineering community. Ms. Smith has been recognized both by her customers and by IAI for her ability to engineer advanced analytical tools and to develop innovation solutions. She has received numerous awards including a Government meritorious Unit Citation, a Science & Technology Commendation, at IAI Above and Beyond award and numerous letters of appreciation.

“Kimberly Smith has set the standard for sustained technical excellence in leading-edge technology. She is not only an example but an inspiration to her team.” said David J. Dzaran, President & Chief Executive Officer of IAI. “ Kimberly is a gifted software engineer and technology leader who is well deserving of recognition by IAI and Women In Technology. We are fortunate to have Kimberly as a member of the IAI team.”

About Women in Technology Women in Technology (WIT) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of advancing women in technology—from the classroom to the boardroom—by providing advocacy, leadership development, networking, mentoring and technology education. With nearly 1000 members in the Washington, D.C.-area, WIT strives to meet its vision of being the premier organization empowering women to be architects of change in the technology industry.

About IAI Integrity Applications Incorporated is an engineering and software services company with a nationwide presence primarily supporting the intelligence community and other civil, defense and intelligence customers with a focus on Government space and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance systems activities. IAI’s headquarters is in Chantilly, Virginia. IAI also has offices in California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania. IAI employees work on customer sites nationwide.

Founded in 1999, IAI is a veteran-owned business with a well-deserved reputation for quality, responsiveness, and excellence. Our success is a direct result of superior performance, timely results and the high quality of IAI’s people, many of whom enjoy well established reputations within the defense intelligence community and with the commercial customers that we support. IAI offers our government and commercial customers breakthrough products, services, and end-to-end solutions designed to provide our customers with competitive advantage. We dedicate ourselves to exceeding our customers’ expectations and demands. Simply put, we live by our name.